The northern NSW woman went on to detail “hundreds of crimes” she claimed she had witnessed, including child abduction, torture, rape and murder.

Ms Barnett described the alleged operation as a “very well-coordinated international paedophile ring”, and said there was a strict hierarchy.

“I was only saved for the VIP paedophiles,” she said.

“It’s a hierarchy, what I witnessed was the very top of the hierarchy.”

Ms Barnett said she “lives in absolute fear” and only decided to speak out because she “has nothing left to lose”.

She maintains the network is still in operation, and urged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to make it a priority to “make the kids safe”.

Ms Barnett said she had taken the allegations to multiple health professionals in the 1980s, NSW Police in 2008 and approached the Royal Commission in 2013. She said she and other victims of “VIP” perpetrators were “stonewalled” by authorities.

Allegations of the elite paedophile ring surfaced in a Senate estimates hearing earlier this week, with Liberal senator Bill Heffernan claiming he had obtained a police list containing the names of 28 prominent people.

Senator Heffernan wouldn’t name names on Tuesday but called on Attorney-General George Brandis to expand the child abuse Royal Commission to include the legal fraternity, as well as a former prime minister.

He told the Senate estimates hearing in Canberra he had provided the Commission with documents, one naming the alleged paedophiles including “a whole lot of prominent people.”

Senator Heffernan is a vociferous campaigner against paedophiles, but in 2002 he used parliamentary privilege to falsely accuse a judge of using commonwealth cars to procure young men for sex.

Senator Heffernan said the documents relating to these allegations, delivered to him by a police agency some time ago, were very disturbing.

Ms Barnett said she wanted to see her claims and the claims of others investigated the Royal Commission.

“I’m not the only one who’s seen this stuff,” she said.

“What I want to see happen is not just my claims, I want all of the claims pooled and I want them investigated.”

EDITOR’S NOTE: In an earlier version of this story, former Prime Minister Julia Gillard was pictured in the background of a photograph of Nicky Davis, the leader of advocacy group SNAP. news.com.au does not suggest Ms Gillard was in any way linked to any allegations made in this story.

Ms Barnett described her ordeal as a child sex victim as “horrific”.Source:News Corp Australia

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